Example sentences of "time before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some latitude can be allowed to serious critics who write for periodicals which go to press a long time before a show is on view ; these critics will not be able to comment on how the exhibition actually looks , as their articles will have been written before the show 's installation . |
| 2 | The drama school will know about this , and make sure your picture is sent at the right time before you finish training . |
| 3 | Many situations where the glider is very low and flying slowly are insoluble quite a time before the accident actually happens . |
| 4 | Must be put on using a anew one each time before the penis touches any part of the woman 's vaginal area , and must be held in place when the penis is withdrawn . |
| 5 | ‘ But without the resumption of a regular supply of red iron , it can only be a matter of time before these tragic people die . ’ |
| 6 | We have to view a stimulus for a finite time before it generates a perception , but that perception appears to us to occur instantaneously rather than fading into view like the Cheshire cat . ) |
| 7 | It was only a matter of time before a competitor sprang on the market . |
| 8 | Underpowered , overweight and outdated , the once 200 strong fleet , affectionately known as ‘ Whistlers ’ was in decline from the mid-1970s , and when major overhauls ceased at BREL Crewe in 1981 it was only a question of time before they disappeared first from top link Eastern Region duties , and finally in 1985 freight workings originating from the North West . |
| 9 | But the group is convinced that it is only a matter of time before someone discovers superconducting semiconductors that will work at the economically viable temperatures of liquid nitrogen . |
| 10 | But all in all , it seems likely to be a long time before we reach that ‘ Utopian world of RDS ’ for all listeners in cars , at home or on foot ! |
| 11 | The company said that complex negotiations were proceeding quickly but it would be some time before there was progress to report . |
| 12 | The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending . |
| 13 | But it will be a long time before that system is fully installed . |
| 14 | While BT can be pleased that it bought into McCaw at a much lower price than today 's going rate and that it will be difficult for other overseas companies to enter the US domestic market , it will be some time before its investment begins to yield a return . |
| 15 | It is only a matter of time before somebody decides to rubbish the whole global warming theory out of sheer desperation at finding a new angle . |
| 16 | Although the opposition has no experience of sheltering such a prominent figure underground , Mr Devaty 's move appears to have caught by surprise not only his friends , but the country 's creaky legal machinery , and it may be some time before his non-appearance prompts a full-scale police hunt for him . |
| 17 | There must have been a time before Fenna , just as there must have been a time before words , but Maggie can not not conceive of either . |
| 18 | Just as Maggie could not remember a time before there was Fenna , and a time before there was the big house and the three women living in it , so she could not remember a time when there was not the constant tug of tension between her grandmother and her mother . |
| 19 | Just as Maggie could not remember a time before there was Fenna , and a time before there was the big house and the three women living in it , so she could not remember a time when there was not the constant tug of tension between her grandmother and her mother . |
| 20 | It 'll be a long time before you 'd eat any of those flowers . ’ |
| 21 | We called the police and ambulance but it was a long time before the police arrived . |
| 22 | Anything western was frowned upon , so I thought I 'd give it a bit of time before I got into my trousers and things . |
| 23 | When he left Williams for Ferrari , I remember Frank Williams reminiscing at his annual press luncheon that he had fond memories of Alan Jones and Keke Rosberg , but that it would be some time before he had similar memories of Nigel . |
| 24 | For some time before this heavy clouds had increased and in the west the sky had become a dense purplish-black , a range of mountainous cumulus against which the outlines of buildings took on a curious clarity and the trees stood out livid and sickly bright . |
| 25 | It was some time before Wexford could decide whether it was a man or a woman and when he realised it was a woman he called out a brisk , cheerful good night so that she should not be afraid . |
| 26 | As I 'm sure you 'll understand , when I first came to see this awful situation I was consumed with a feeling of frustration — knowing , as I did then , that it could be some time before we 'd be in a position to intervene . |
| 27 | Even if it may be some time before they are commercially acceptable , pioneer work is essential if our planet is to feed the teeming millions of people who will live on it by the twenty-first century . |
| 28 | He did not immediately contemplate any drastic change in his filmmaking aesthetic , since his first Hollywood picture , Rebecca ( 1940 ) , was based on a British book and used British actors , and it was some time before he made a completely American picture . |
| 29 | It had become increasingly clear over the last few days that the anger of East Germans is focused on the Communist Party and that it can only be a question of time before the party has to relinquish its leading role and allow political competition . |
| 30 | Hodge and Parker commanded the midfield , Crosby and Rice , strongly supported by Laws and Pearce , drove forward on the flanks and it seemed only a matter of time before the right sort of cross reached Chapman or Clough . |